Financial Times, 18 November 2010. The government’s fatal mistake was guaranteeing all the banks’ bondholders
Posted 19 Nov 2010 in euro, Financial Times, Ireland, Published articles
Financial Times, 9 April 2010.
Posted 10 Apr 2010 in Blog, Britain, Financial Times, Public finances, Published articles
Financial Times, 25 April 2007. It is time that Europe’s politicians admitted to voters that governments cannot stop people moving across borders. If open borders are politically unacceptable, Europe should create a legal route for people from developing nations to come and work, regulated through an extra payroll tax on foreign workers.
Posted 24 Apr 2007 in Europe, Financial Times, Immigration, Published articles
From September 1st, the shaky prospects for freer world trade will rest on the shoulders of a French socialist. With the World Trade Organisation’s Doha round deadlocked and little time left to reach agreement, the new man in charge of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, faces a daunting challenge. Unless the former European Union trade commissioner [...]
Posted 01 Sep 2005 in Financial Times, Published articles, Trade
Tony Blair must be thanking his lucky stars. The British prime minister never wanted to fight a referendum campaign on the European Union constitutional treaty that he stood a good chance of losing. Now, thanks to the No votes in France and the Netherlands, it looks like he will be spared the ordeal. When, in [...]
Posted 08 Jun 2005 in Europe, Financial Times, Published articles
The government must soon decide. It has pledged to deliver its verdict within six months. As judgment day nears, a consensus is forming. Not yet, the Treasury will opine. Naysayers marshal a battery of arguments. The euro economy is floundering. It can only aspire to Britain’s superior monetary and fiscal arrangements. Why jeopardise the UK’s [...]
Posted 10 Dec 2002 in Europe, Financial Times, Published articles
Britain’s currency is damaging its trade with Europe and hindering its economic growth.
Posted 19 Aug 2002 in Europe, Financial Times, Published articles
